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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
Verboticisms
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Dearthquirk
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: derth-kwirk
Sentence: I really will have to leave him, she thought, as he scratchd his arse for the third time in as many minutes
Etymology: dearth = lack of appeal (my definition, so there!) and quirk.
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COMMENTS:
ummm, could you use it in a sentence? - Alchemist, 2007-02-15: 22:41:00
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Proclirritation
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: pro-clear-rit-ta-shun
Sentence: His proclirritation to fart without excusing himself used to be cute to her, but now it was just an annoyance.
Etymology: proclivity + irritation
Cutetopuke
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I thought his messy side was cute, not anymore, it's cutetopuke.
Etymology: It was cute, now she wants to puke.
Thornnoy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: thawr-noi
Sentence: She used to call him by his given name, Roy. Now because of his thornnoying habits she doesn't call him at all.
Etymology: thorn (something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort) + annoy (irritate, upset )
Thornication
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: θôrnikāshən
Sentence: Charlie is very good at getting under the skin of his co-workers. He doesn’t mean to be annoying but his habitual activities amount to thornication.
Etymology: thorn (a thorn in someone’s side - a source of continual annoyance or trouble) + fornication (two people not married to each other having sex)
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COMMENTS:
love it...so prickly! - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 23:55:00
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Relationslip
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: ree/lay/shun/slip
Sentence: Playing air guitar every time he said something funny was cute at first but turned into a giant relationslip
Etymology: relationship + slip
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COMMENTS:
This is good and goofy! - wordmeister, 2007-02-15: 17:13:00
thanks wordmeister - porsche, 2007-02-16: 09:38:00
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Damnerism
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: dam.e.rism
Sentence: A few months and a few damnerisms later they decided to quit trying and got a divorce
Etymology: damn+mannerism
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COMMENTS:
Hey W5, I think you're the best! I'm voting for your word today! - wordmeister, 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
thanks meister, I liked that word myself, actually - w5lf9s, 2007-02-16: 02:05:00
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Relationbug
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: re-lei-sjon- bug
Sentence: Sandra was in debug-mode; It was time to remove Jack's relationbug's or terminate the program!
Etymology: relationship - a strange interface between java.human.man() and java.human.woman() ************ bug - undocumented feature in a microsoft-application.
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COMMENTS:
I like it. It even works without the CS reference, as in "to bug someone." It'd be better as two words, but we don't really have that option here. Gets my vote anyway. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:46:00
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Irritrait
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ear-ee-trayt
Sentence: his babytalk was the irritrait that drove a wedge between them
Etymology: irritate, trait
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COMMENTS:
This perfectly describes the actions of the guy who sits in front of me who argues to an unseen somethingorother all day; a very annoying irritrait. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 18:56:00
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Vexitating
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: vex-i-ta-ting
Sentence: Sam was the most vexitating man I ever knew. He had more bad habits than an alcoholic nun.
Etymology: vex: to cause annoyance by minor irritations + irritating: chafe; aggravating
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COMMENTS:
Lol. I\'ve known a few Sams too. - artr, 2009-09-09: 12:21:00
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Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.